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YF19pilot posted:Yeah, but North Africa is all about that DAK (and Italians). Though I don't think there are Panthers in North Africa. There were never any Panthers in Africa despite what Airfix box art will tell you.
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Indolent Bastard posted:I am a dummy and meant to post this here, not the thread that expressly says no historicals. The rules do sort of lend themselves to zombies pretty well (and Cthulhu cultists, so actually that'd be a great thing too).
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El Estrago Bonito posted:Eastern Front is all the mid war German Armor lists, including minor axis powers armor. Aight, thanks. Now, is an armored panzergrenadier company even worth running?
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Indolent Bastard posted:I am a dummy and meant to post this here, not the thread that expressly says no historicals. I just assumed it was an April Fools when someone told me about this the other day. Now I don't know what to believe.
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Indolent Bastard posted:I am a dummy and meant to post this here, not the thread that expressly says no historicals. I was wondering why it was over there  Yeah it's clearly a Game of Thrones cashgrab with not-Wights, the rest of SAGA can already cover any Westerosi army you want and a couple from Essos
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Or maybe they just realised that non-historicals people kind of might buy into their system more if they already have armies for it?
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Arquinsiel posted:Or maybe they just realised that non-historicals people kind of might buy into their system more if they already have armies for it? Yeah, I'm just worried they will spoil what they already have by expanding too far outside their current game mechanics. I will need to see the Zombie Battle Boards before I can form an informed opinion. My gut reaction is negative though. Indolent Bastard fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Apr 14, 2015 |
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Indolent Bastard posted:Yeah, I'm just worried they will spoil what they already have by expanding too far outside their current game mechanics. I will need to see the Zombie Battle Boards before I can form an informed opinion. My gut reaction is just negative though.
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Arquinsiel posted:I dunno how bad it could get. I played with a Rus list the only time I played Saga and they basically had magic on their board anyway. I have to admit I don't really like the Rus as a faction, but what can you do?
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Indolent Bastard posted:I have to admit I don't really like the Rus as a faction, but what can you do?
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It's historically accurate, because snow really exists.
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:It's historically accurate, because snow really exists. I'm Australian and I dispute this  fact
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Abstracting snow as a mechanic is actually good way to handle it, given that SAGA dice don't necessarily equate to a particular decision made by the commander. Facing the Rus means eating snow drifts that they don't even blink at. Another upside of the zombie thing is that I've already got enough zombies that it's basically a free army (assuming they don't charge for the rules download.) I'd prefer to see SAGA: Fantasy become its own thing, but dipping their toes into skirmish Skyrim / Game of Thrones is probably going to help more than it hurts..
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NTRabbit posted:I'm Australian and I dispute this Sure. The Rus have never had a reason to direct it onto your shores. They have to solve that whole Kuril islands thing before they consider looking further south. Pray your wallabies, koalas, and kangamaloos never have to face the terrifying adversary of a Russian army, armed with a Russian Winter. It'd be Chekov, Mate.
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Thread needs some more homegrown, so here's a Black Powder dump. I'm adding some new models to my Continental/Allied AWI army as I take it from a Muskets and Tomahawks force towards a Black Powder army. Lauzun's Legion   Virginia Line   Continental Light Infantry  British Officer for my buddy and some wounded markers  All the minis are Perry, all plastic except for the Legion.
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Those are great. If you ever get some pics of a big setup, you should post them here. I'll bet it looks bad rear end.
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Where do I get cheap-ish soviet 15mm soldiers in winter uniform? PSC only seems to do the summer uniform, and Stalingrad was a pretty loving cold place.
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You use the PSC guys and tell them they're lucky to even have a gun each?
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Arquinsiel posted:You use the PSC guys and tell them they're lucky to even have a gun each? but muh Guards Rifle Division 
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FoW infantry aren't actually that expensive, and you get everything you need. TBH just google "15mm Winter Soviet" and see what it gets you, there will be loads of people making them.
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DJ Dizzy posted:Where do I get cheap-ish soviet 15mm soldiers in winter uniform? PSC only seems to do the summer uniform, and Stalingrad was a pretty loving cold place. Peter Pig?
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Anyone have an opinion on Perry miniatures? I've been mainly working with 1/72 and stumbled upon their website today. Man, I'm seriously considering switching to 28mm based on these.
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Apr 16, 2015 16:35
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Games Workshop basically built their empire on Perry sculpts. You can do a lot worse, but not much better in 28mm.
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Any recommendations for plastic medieval 28mm historicals that would mirror or at least compare to Perry in quality? Perry is great but their cavalry selection is pretty limited.
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Unzip and Attack posted:Anyone have an opinion on Perry miniatures? I've been mainly working with 1/72 and stumbled upon their website today. Man, I'm seriously considering switching to 28mm based on these. Anyone who doesn't love Perry Minis should be castrated with rusty modeling knives.
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Yeah the Perrys are seriously the hobby's gold standard. Great quality, good prices.Unzip and Attack posted:Any recommendations for plastic medieval 28mm historicals that would mirror or at least compare to Perry in quality? Perry is great but their cavalry selection is pretty limited. Fireforge Games makes some really nice stuff if you're looking for Crusaders. I believe Gripping Beast has some plastic cavalry coming out too, but they'll also be Crusades (Arabs and Europeans). Gamers love crusading, I guess.
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I'd like to get a mix of medieval troop types - "peasant" spearmen all the way up to armored knights. Fireforge has some pretty cool vikings I may get as well, thanks for the recommend.
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I'm going to be listing some of my painted warlord ww2 28s on eBay, would it be kosher to link that here? Or is that for the SA mart only?
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Safest is probably posting on SA Mart and then linking that thread here. Possibly. I dunno how SA Mart works TBH.
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Unzip and Attack posted:Those are great. If you ever get some pics of a big setup, you should post them here. I'll bet it looks bad rear end. http://imgur.com/a/s4AW7 Here's our first game of AWI Black Powder!
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Those Native American figs are loving awesome.
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It annoys my sperg mindset to no end that Battlefront hasn't made an M4A1 Sherman variant in plastic for Normandy US companies. The difference is big enough to be noticeable, with the rounded hulls of the earlier variants combared to the straight front glacis plate of the A2 and A3's. They've even included a Panther/Jagdpanther hull option in the German kit, why couldn't they have done that for the yanks too? I know PSC has a kit but I prefer BF's plastic kits where they are available. Thanks for lettingnke get my Sherman rant off my chest guys. I knew you'd understand. 
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My club's work on a CoC campaign system is having great progress lately. I'm busy making roster cards for platoons and support options, and there's a whole system of platoon creating, support option pools and multiple tracks where you have to semi-secretly juggle the resources so that you can bluff your opponent. If it turns out well (it's based on what we learned from our first campaign), I'd love to share if there's interest. And gently caress Shermans, we're sticking to Barbarossa with this Campaign as well. 
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Throbbing blob posted:It annoys my sperg mindset to no end that Battlefront hasn't made an M4A1 Sherman variant in plastic for Normandy US companies. The difference is big enough to be noticeable, with the rounded hulls of the earlier variants combared to the straight front glacis plate of the A2 and A3's. They've even included a Panther/Jagdpanther hull option in the German kit, why couldn't they have done that for the yanks too? I know PSC has a kit but I prefer BF's plastic kits where they are available. Simple: the answer is money. This is why everyone makes fifteen Tigers and dumb poo poo like E-100s but god forbid someone make an MS-1 or a T-50, because the German obsessed crowd will pay big bucks for anything with a Balkenkreuz.
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Throbbing blob posted:It annoys my sperg mindset to no end that Battlefront hasn't made an M4A1 Sherman variant in plastic for Normandy US companies. The difference is big enough to be noticeable, with the rounded hulls of the earlier variants combared to the straight front glacis plate of the A2 and A3's. They've even included a Panther/Jagdpanther hull option in the German kit, why couldn't they have done that for the yanks too? I know PSC has a kit but I prefer BF's plastic kits where they are available. They seem to release plastic kits to correspond with new books, so it may already be in the pipeline. If I had to guess, they're probably creating a kit with the original hull and the later versions with applique armor, and are waiting for whenever they release a new version of North Africa to come out with it. Which means in that case it wouldn't be released for another year, if not more. Battlefront! 
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I would just think they'd be able to make a killing off M4A1's. In my area, D-Day seems to be the most popular theatre to play, so that's why I'm puzzled. I'm a bit sceptical about them releasing big new things for WW2 next year. They'll probably have their hands full with Cold War. My friend who used to manage my FLGS said they were planning to make Cold War a pretty thorough release, hoping to make it at least as big as WW2 FoW. How much of that is PR hype I don't know, we'll see. I'll probably just pick up some M4A3's instead and deal with it. Also, my group is planning to start up some Barbarossa too. Gonna be FoW though, but I'm looking forward to painting hordes of lovely lovely tanks.
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Throbbing blob posted:I would just think they'd be able to make a killing off M4A1's. In my area, D-Day seems to be the most popular theatre to play, so that's why I'm puzzled. They've (Battlefront) always said they would shift to the Pacific/Eastern Theater when they finish Europe. So we might start to see that trickle out. And Cold War sounds great, too. There's only so much WWII you can do before you start parsing the individual battles.
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So anyone play Sails of Glory? I was thinking about picking up the starter but I haven't really heard anything about the game at all.
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So how ostracized would one get if he showed up to an FoW game with a Pink Panzer Division or Hello Mien Kitty, or maybe a Russian Red Tide? Both for pick up and serious play... There is an inherent appeal to harvesting immersion tears but it's more about pulling off a ridiculous theme. And getting into a game that's more about playing and less about power gaming. I am assuming that the very nature of historical settings leads to less aggregate power creep... is that naive?
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